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Mourners have built a makeshift memorial for Daunte Wright on the streets of Brooklyn Center, Minn., the quiet inner-ring suburb where police shot and killed Wright on April 11.

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota's Most Diverse City, Is In The Spotlight After Shooting

The inner-ring suburb where Daunte Wright was shot by police has diversified dramatically over the last 30 years. Its city administration — and police force — have been slower to change.

The streets of Annapolis, Md., now flood about 40 times a year at high tide. Even the owners of property that is significantly inland may need flood insurance as the sea's level continues to rise.

Mapping Coastal Flood Risk Lags Behind Sea Level Rise

Federal maps help determine who on the coast must buy flood insurance, but many don't include the latest data. Maryland is now making its own flood maps, so homeowners can see if they're at risk.

Brothers Chase (left), 10, and Carson, 11, in November 2021. The two brothers have a rare genetic disorder and they are immunocompromised. Their family has to practice extreme caution to prevent COVID exposures.

There's one population that gets overlooked by an 'everyone will get COVID' mentality

The roughly 7 million Americans who are immunocompromised — including many people with disabilities — live with much higher risk of COVID-19, and near-constant vigilance.

Last year, more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses. Advocates and family members marked the tragic toll with cardboard grave markers on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23.

States are getting $50 billion in opioid cash. And it's an issue in governor's races

Some candidates for governor are sparring over bragging rights for their state's share of opioid settlement funds. Some are attorneys general who pursued the lawsuits that produced the payouts.

A pickled pepper maker knows exactly how hard it is to switch to natural food dyes

The MAHA movement loves the idea of getting rid of synthetic dyes in foods. But manufacturers face challenges that could drive prices higher.

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Neal talks with reporter Jennifer Griffin [f] about what the refugees returning to Southern Lebanon.

Gaza:

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the dangers and hardships facing one Palestinian family caught up in the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip.

People walk along Wall Street near the New York Stock Exchange, in New York City. The stock market has been volatile as the war in Ukraine and high oil prices continues to worry investors. Americans' stress about global uncertainty is high, according to a new survey.

Americans' stress is spiking over inflation, war in Ukraine, survey finds

The annual survey finds Americans more on edge than ever, triggered by financial issues, the war overseas and the cumulative pressure of living through the pandemic.

Students walk by a sign that reads "Knowledge is Power" on Miami University's Oxford campus

Director of Miami University's 'intellectual diversity' center shares details ahead of opening

Flagg Taylor says he expects students and the campus community to embrace the college's Center for Civics, Culture, and Society once they see what he's been working on.

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The transplantation of a baboon's bone marrow into an AIDS patient apparently has not succeeded in bolstering the man's devastated immune system. Researchers have been unable to find any evidence that the baboon's bone marrow took root and began functioning inside Jeffrey Getty, the patient received the highly controversial, highly experimental procedure in San Francisco. Critics had been concerned that the transplant, and others like it, could transmit new diseases from animals to humans. But Getty's doctors say they've found no evidence of that either. Getty's prognosis remains uncertain. David Wright reports from member station KQED.

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